2. Eligibility Who is eligible to participate?
All employees & spouses enrolled in ACEC Life/Health Trust medical plan
Do I have to pay for the programs offered?
All programs are available free of cost!
Why should I participate?
Employees & spouses who complete their activities will pay less for their medical benefits and are more likely to maintain or improve their health

3. Participation Requirements
To pay less for your medical benefits, all employees/spouses enrolled in a Trust medical plan must:
Complete the online personal health assessment.
Complete a biometric screening. Screening results will be automatically sent to your AHIP account and direction will be given based on the following:
If Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is diagnosed (three or more risk factors out of normal range), then a health improvement program must be completed.
If Fasting Glucose exceeds 100, regardless of the results of the other factors, then a health improvement program must be completed.
If there is no MetS or elevated glucose after initial biometric screening, then the participant will have no further requirements to maintain lower premium.
Attest to participation in Designed Telehealth and Designed Advocate programs.
Complete a Next Steps Consult call

4. Intervention Programs
Who needs to complete?
If you and/or your spouse have three or more risk factors out of range (and/or glucose is out of range), you must complete one of the two Intervention Programs to earn 5 of the 10 points needed to complete the AHIP requirements.
Failure to earn all 10 points by the AHIP deadline will result in a premium increase for you and/or your spouse.

5. Intervention Programs
What are the Programs?

7. Naturally Slim is an easy, online program that helps you lose weight by focusing on when and how you eat instead of what you eat. 
It isn’t a diet.

8. Ever wonder how some people can eat whatever they want
and never gain a pound?
Naturally Slim
will teach you how you can too! 

9. a number of risk factors affecting your health and your way of life!
Naturally Slim doesn’t just help you lose weight….it dramatically improves
a number of risk factors affecting your health and your way of life!
In the first 10 weeks of the program, the average participant:
with many participants reporting losing 20 or more pounds, and continuing to lose weight and keep it off!
loses
reverse their high blood pressure
reverse their high blood glucose
reverse their Metabolic Syndrome

10. Naturally Slim is easy and simple! Don’t take our word for it….
Average weight loss in 10 weeks
Maintain or continue to lose weight years after graduation from the 10 week curriculum
Would recommend the program to a friend or colleague
Complete eight or more classes
10.1 lbs
77%
95%
89%

11. How To Video:
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12. Overview

13. Scalable Disease Prevention Lasting Behavior Change
Real Appeal
Proven Science
Top-notch Entertainment
Easy Consumer Principles
Scalable Disease Prevention
Lasting Behavior Change
Measurable Outcomes

14. How it Works
Real Appeal takes the science and teaches principles to help you get the body you want and feel great about it.
Uplifting and compelling call to action
Online face-to-face session with an expert who tailors the program to your needs, preferences, attitudes, and circumstances
Receive everything you need online, on your smartphone, and in your home to achieve the body you want
Tune in using your computer, smartphone, or tablet to the weekly TV series followed by a group discussion led by your Real Appeal Coach
Online face-to-face discussions with your coach as often as you need

15. In order to successfully complete the program, you must:
Naturally Slim is a behavioral program that helps you change how you eat instead of what you eat.
An online clinical weight loss program that is based on learning new skills about when & how to eat, not dieting.
Each week you will have access to approximately one hour of video lessons. Additionally, you have a dashboard to track your weight loss progress as well as tips & tools to keep you motivated and allow you to communicate with coaches & other participants.
In order to successfully complete the program, you must:
Complete at least 8 of the 10 online video courses for Naturally Slim Foundations within their set weekly time frames. It will be your responsibility to ensure your participation is accurately recorded each week.
Complete a survey after completing the Foundations portion of the program.

16. Customize lifestyle coaching in a 1:1 setting and group sessions
An intensive lifestyle intervention experience for individuals who will benefit from clinically relevant weight loss.
Participate in a minimum of eight weeks of engaging, intensive, customized lifestyle support.
Customize lifestyle coaching in a 1:1 setting and group sessions
24/7 access to the secure portal with additional tips and tools for healthier living:
Support tools provided: Blender, scale, food scale, pedometer, portion plate, water bottle, measuring cups and spoons, session guide, nutrition guide, workout DVD, and more.
Online tracking tools

17. Health Improvement Programs
Full Program Duration
10 weeks
Up to 52 weeks
AHIP Completion
Requirement
8 weeks
Program Type
Online (desktop & mobile app) 1hr video/week Dashboard for tracking progress
Online 1:1 coaching (live) Customized by Participant Support Tools Provided Online Tracking Tools

18. $200 Designed Wellness Incentive
In addition to paying less for your medical benefits, each participant is given the opportunity to earn a $200 incentive.
To earn the $200 incentive, a participant must earn the full amount by completing any combination of the below activities. Incentives are “all or nothing.” The entire $200 must be earned with no partial incentive payout.
Activity
Requirement
Value
Proposed Max
Track
Track activities to achieve a wellness score of 300 for 45 days
$100
4x year
Coaching
Complete a coaching call
$60
Rally
Participate in a Challenge
$40
2x year
Plug-In
Local firm wellness activity
$20
8x year
Journeys
Complete Journey

19. Completion Deadlines Activities start on January 1, 2017
Step 1: Register on the web portal and schedule your biometric screening
Step 2: Complete your biometric screening by April 1, 2017
Step 3: Complete the remaining AHIP requirements by August 18, 2017
Health assessment, Next Steps Consult call, and Designed Advocate and Designed Telehealth participation
Step 4: Based on results of the biometric screening, complete a minimum of eight weeks of a health improvement program by August 18, 2017
Naturally Slim OR Real appeal
The $200 Designed Wellness incentive plan is earned when $200 worth of activities are completed by December 31, Incentive plan payments are distributed January 2018.

20. A Note About Your Privacy
By law, the information you provide to any wellness professional is strictly confidential and available only to you and those professionals. AHIP does not have any access to this personal information. AHIP will only receive aggregate reports that have no individually identifiable data. Further, none of our wellness partners can sell or otherwise divulge any AHIP employee or spouse information to any unauthorized party.

21. Notice of Reasonable Alternatives
Notice of Reasonable Alternatives: Your health plan is committed to helping you achieve your best health. Rewards for participating in a wellness program are available to all employees and spouses enrolled in ACEC Life/Health Trust medical plan. If you think you might be unable to meet a standard for a reward under this wellness program, you might qualify for an opportunity to earn the same reward by different means. Contact Human Resources and we will work with you (and if you wish, with your doctor) to find a wellness program with the same reward that is right for you in light of your health status.